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Saturday, June 28, 2014

Video - Google pulls its all-star robot out of military competition to focus on commercial product.

Video - Google pulls its all-star robot out of military competition to focus on commercial product. Read the full story here.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

'Heartless' Robots Are Caring for Elderly People in Europe.

More on Health care robotics here.

'Heartless' Robots Are Caring for Elderly People in Europe.HT: Vice.

Judging by recent surveys, most people seem to think that robots that are actually useful will lead to some sort of apocalyptic machine uprising.

But look past the military bots and automated job-stealers, and one of the most obvious applications of a service robot is an entirely nonthreatening task humans are increasingly failing to meet demand for: caring.

Six elderly people across Europe currently have a new companion: a GiraffPlus robot, or Mr. Robin, as one 94-year-old taking part in the trial rather adorably calls it in the video below.

It’s part of an EU-funded project to use robotics to help elderly people who want to stay at home remain independent past the point they’d usually be unable to live alone due to physical or cognitive difficulties.Read the full story here.

Friday, October 4, 2013

Video - Introducing 'WildCat' a four-legged robot to run fast on all types of terrain.

Video - Introducing 'WildCat' a four-legged robot to run fast on all types of terrain. HT: Cryptogon.

WildCat is a four-legged robot being developed to run fast on all types of terrain. So far WildCat has run at about 16 mph on flat terrain using bounding and galloping gaits.

The video shows WildCat's best performance so far. WildCat is being developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from DARPA's M3 program. For more information about WIldCat visit our website at www.BostonDynamics.com.
Hmmmm.....I don't know..... perhaps it's the sound but i feel inclined to put 'kitty' out of her misery.

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